New Beer Weekend #157

Very glad to hear you found it better than I. It does seem to imply that it my lack of smell limits my ability to taste certain things. Ah well, at least I still like beer.

 

3 Floyds Zombie Ice ( Pale Ale??? ), 8.5% ABV; 4.03 overall

Pours an effervescent light amber with a thumb+ pf cream colored head. Very good head retention & solid lacing

S: Some citrus, a little breadyness, some cattyness once warm

T: Grapefruit, grassyness, lime & dryness up front, a touch of caramel & pine up front. More pineyness, leafy hops, dryness & a little bit of grassy hop once this beer warms up. Finishes piney, dry with some cakeyness

MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation, nicely balanced

Nice old school hop bomb, very drinkable

 

For me, it needs to be at least that high

 

I for the most part, avoid them now

 

I've found a hand full I like in the 4.6-4.9 zone. About half of em are under 100 calories as well. I'm all about maintaining my sporty oaken-barrel figure Cheers!

 

Yards golden strong ale
...a very attractive clear amber appearance
...just below average carbonation with a just above average body.
....aroma is malt,astringent, alcohol, mild hops, an odd clay floral element. Spicy candy like.
...taste is slightly sweet,spice,malt, astringent mildly happy finish. Theres a dry finish that lingers for a long time
...very interesting with a lot going on. Not sure it comes together perfectly but again its worth trying
....

 

Greetings denizens of NBW.
Found a new brewery and a new imperial stout so had to try it.
I won’t be bringing this one to my SAN.
Poured stout black with a light tan head with really large bubbles.
The smell is unavailable to me, at least for now. Stupid Covid.
The taste was very stout like, with the roasted malts, a charred coffee and chocolate. It just wasn’t a harmonious combination.
The feel was good until the end, when what looks like bits of peanuts were in the bottom of the snifter.
OA, almost a good imperial stout, maybe next years version will be better.

 

The lack of body is what's getting me. I found a ton in the UK on cask that would make me happy

 

Forgotten boardwalk gravity road imperial barrel-aged stout.
....solid black appearance with a lasting thin mocha head.
...aroma is whiskey, alcohol, oak,mocha.
.taste has some mild sweetness, malty milk chocolate. Whiskey, wood, bakers dark chocolate.
...this a really amazing barrel aged beer. Maybe its a bit below some classics but its by far the best I've had from a very good brewery.

 

Drekker There Will Be PRRRT Jules Deluxe Kettle Fruitted Sour, 6.1% ABV; 4,28 overall. I really likked this one

Pours a messy sand/gold color with almost 2 fingers of pillowy sand/tan head. Ugly for a beer, but could easily pass for a milkshake or smoothie

S: Bananas, strawberries

T: Follows the nose, certainly tastes like a sweetish smoothie, there is a little lactic twang there as well up front along with some dryness & vanilla & orange. Sweet orange, banana, & vanilla as this beer warms up, along with dryness. Finishes mostly sweet with strawberriess & bananas leading the way with plenty of vanilla & a touch of lime acidity

MF: Medium body, fairly light carbonation, do feel my enamel on my teeth getting attacked, but only a little

Upper echelon Kettle Fruited Sour IMHO, pretty darn drinkable

 

It's been out there for a minute or two and I finally got around to enjoying it. Cheers NBW BAs!!
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA 6.6% ABV 58 IBU
3.93/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle pkgd 4/13/23 into a shaker pint glass.
L: Pours light iced tea caramel with a thin creamy off white head that moves fairly quickly to thick edge foam, low visible carbo, almost no lacing.
S: Caramel malts, honey, a hint of grains, very lightly floral, a distant bready note.
T: Gently sharp citrus zest, biscuit malts, white grape, grapefruit zest, honey, spicy herbal hops go wide on the tongue, a hint of yeast. Fairly full-flavored and slightly rich. Has a lightly sweet halo and a resinous linger.
F: Lightly brisk, wet medium-heavy body with a medium length finish that is drying.
O: A dry & somewhat "spicy" beer with malty herbal notes. Not a lot of after taste yet has a long resinous linger that is quite drying. It is very good to excellent in its style.
O: If I find this beer on tap I will get a couple of pints.

 

No offense but that just makes me want a Miller High Life... Cheers!

 

Emancipator from Spilled Grain Brewhouse in Annandale, Minnesota.
Dopplebock. This one is good. One the best bocks I drank this year.
4.24/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2017 750ml bottle. 6 years old. 9% abv. Gifted to by @Victory_Sabre1973

Look: brown slightly murky body. Dark amber body under the beer light. Plenty of beer light doesn't pass threw. A decent head for a old bottle. short but very persistent. Leaving some nice fine lacing.

Smell: very good. Smells like a non barrel age barley wine does at first. But as it warms up you get bread, spice, caramel and a hint of booze.

Taste: somewhat follows the nose. you get some stone washed dark fruit. Almost like a hint of cinnamon spice too.
It tastes good, some complexity there. Not overly sweet. Smooth.

Feel: good, not real thick or syrupy but not thin, Also has a soft & creamy feel.

I like this one. The bottle has held up very well. 4.22/5

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Done with work for the week, and it's time for a new beer.


Fast Turns - Castle Danger Brewing - Two Harbors, MN - Hefeweizen - 5.5% ABV

My friends picked this up for me when they were up there a few weeks back. This is a brewery exclusive for now. I am not sure about the crawler, and I think some of the CO2 leaked out, because it wasn't very heavily carbed at all. The aroma didn't seem to be diminished. There was tons of banana clove and bubblegum. The flavor started off bitter, and I like bitter, but not in a Hefe. The banana, clove and bubblegum did show up, but on the back. Overall interesting, but I'm not sure it works completely.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25567/664588/

3.71/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a crawler purchased at the brewery dated 7-6-2023.

There didn't seem to be a lot of carbonation when I opened the crawler. I'm pretty sure the seal wasn't the best. The beer is a hazy murky golden pour. I see very little carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. The head that formed was white, and less than 1 finger. The retention was poor, and the head dissipated to a white ring with no lacing on the glass.
The aroma is full on hefe in here. Tons of banana notes hit my nose with some cloves backing it up. Hints of bubblegum come into the mix. If there was any leakage, I would say it's not having an effect on the aroma.
Taste - The flavor actually has a bit of bitterness up front, which was surprising,. The bitterness mostly fades , and it turns into a hefe. I get a lot of banana and clove with some bubblegum as well in the mix.
The body does seem fairly full, and solid for the style.
Interesting beer overall, though the bitterness does seem out of style, and does take away from it a bit.


All right, I'll be back tomorrow for some more. Cheers all!

 

It had tons of flavor.

 

Eastern Market Brewing Co. Elephant Juice New England IPA, 7.2% ABV ( canned on 7/3/23 ); 4.18 overall

Pours a very hazed gold with a pinky of eggshell colored head. Great lacing & head retention

S: Citrus, melons & tropical fruit in abundance

T: Follows the nose, green melon, tangerine, passion fruit & lime, plus a little dryness & nectarine up front. Dryness, limes, nectarine, lime & grapefruit as this beer warms up. Finishes a little dry with pomelo, lime & green melon

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, nice balance

This was lucky find, actually given to me up in Ann Arbor at a get together. Very drinkable & a super-solid take on the style towards the juicy side

 

Up here in MN I see loads upon loads of Drekker and their tailings. I guess I'm just not there yet...like, I got some more Lagers to scope out. Cheers brother! We love beer and that's the key.

 

If I had seen it was a sour, I might've passed. But it is one of the few Sours I've had where I am cool with buying a 4 pack of pints in the last few years